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Western Illinois Basketball Staff Update

Western Illinois head men’s basketball coach Rob Jeter announced his coaching staff Thursday (May 14), welcoming three new faces to Macomb in Chad Boudreau, Kyle Heikkinen, and Nick Irvin.  Boudreau will serve as the Leathernecks’ associate head coach. “When putting together a staff, I had a few key things in mind,” said Jeter. “I wanted an experienced staff

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Daily Dirt – 4/7/20

A bunch of things that I’ve heard… Yesterday, I mentioned the easy/obvious staff additions at James Madison (Daily Dirt – 4/6). I’ve now heard of two more…It sounds like Mount St. Mary’s (MD) assistant Xavier Joyner and UMES assistant Calvin Baker will both be joining Mark Byington’s staff. Joyner has been at The Mount for

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Daily Dirt – 3/26/20

A speed round of today’s Daily Dirt… I have heard from multiple sources that the search at IUPUI has been temporarily suspended. More as I hear it, but it sounds like Byron Rimm is still in place as the interim. Search had moved on to second round interviews. Obviously everyone out there reporting Minnesota assistant

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Billy Wright out at Western Illinois

The Western Illinois University athletic department will not renew the contract of head men’s basketball coach Billy Wright, Director of Athletics Danielle Surprenant announced Tuesday (March 3). “We want to thank Billy for his commitment and service to our men’s basketball program and the University,” Surprenant said. “We appreciate his contributions over the last six seasons and wish

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Western Illinois Staff Update

Western Illinois men’s basketball head coach Billy Wright announced the hiring of Jestin Anderson and Joshua Jones to his coaching staff. Anderson was most recently an assistant at Quincy University for the past three seasons, while Jones was most recently an assistant at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo. for the past two seasons. Anderson was a

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OFFICIAL: Mark Vershaw Joins Western Illinois Staff

Back on June 11th, HoopDirt.com reported that Virginia administrative staffer Mark Vershaw would be named as an assistant on Billy Wright’s staff at Western Illinois.  The official announcement was made today when Wright introduced Vershaw, completing Western Illinois’ coaching staff for the 2015-16 season. Mark Vershaw, who spent time at Illinois State during the 2011-12 academic

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Western Illinois Dirt…

I have heard that Virginia Operations Assistant Mark Vershaw is the leader for the vacant assistant position on Billy Wright’s staff at Western Illinois.  Vershaw has been on Tony Bennett’s at UVa staff for the past three seasons.  The former Wisconsin standout (played for Dick Bennett) has also worked in an administrative role at Illinois

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